On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 03:01:14PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: T> Hello. T> T> Since 1999 we have got some dead code from KAME, namely support for these T> ioctls: T> T> SIOCALIFADDR T> SIOCGLIFADDR T> SIOCDLIFADDR T> SIOCSLIFPHYADDR T> SIOCGLIFPHYADDR T> T> We don not have any software in base that use (or used) them. The ports T> exp-run with SIOC.LIFADDR undefined didn't reveal any port that use them. T> I forgot to add SIOC.LIFPHYADDR to exp-run, but pretty sure these are unused, T> too. T> T> What did this ioctls do? They are KAME version of SIOCAIFADDR, and T> SIOCSIFPHYADDR respectively. Some operating systems (at least HPUX) T> have adopted them, and some software may use them on these systems. T> Anyway, in FreeBSD all software always used our native ioctls. T> T> I hope there is no objections against axing these in head/. Patch attached. -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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